Situation as to China Strained Again
State Department gives time to commission personnel amid a new Chinese crisis. No substantial developments overnight. negotiations at a potential turning point. Amoy reports foreign marines withdrawn from Kalang Fu. Peiping quiet, with gap between Tieu and Tain line noted.
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State Department
Washington
Sept
Aaron
Sept. S
China
Devuecal Chalee
Riers
Tieu- Tain
Peking
Mspateh
Daggett for brigadier general in United States Army
Colonel Aaron S Daggett of the Fourteenth United States Infantry is recommended for promotion to brigadier general for gallantry at Yangtsan August 6 and 14 at Peking and August 15 at the gates of the imperial city. He has nine months to serve before turning sixty four and would retire immediately on promotion.
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Aaron S. Daggett
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
Yangtsan
Peking
Imperial City
United States Army
Daggett
From South Africa the Burghers Fight Hard
London dispatch reports Ian Hamilton turning the Boers flank and opening Buller’s advance toward Lydenburg. Dundonald and Brecklehurst seize Lydenburg as Boer guns move to Krugerspost. Dewet joins Botha near Johannesburg with about 1,500 troops pursuing and lacking artillery.
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London
Roberts
Belfast
Ian Hamilton
Buller
Dundonald
Brecklehurst
Lyden
Dewet
Botha
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Missionaries Killed in China Amid Civil Unrest
Washington reports list several missionaries who died around July 21 at Fuochu and Taku including Rev. C. W. Price and wife with daughter, Rev. E. R. Atwater and spouse with two children, Rev. D. H. Clapp, Rev. George L. Williams, Rev. TI. W. Davis, Miss Rowena Bird, and Miss Mary L. Partridge. Government notes lack of proof of fates until Li Hung Chang ends rebels.
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Washington
State Department
Consul Goodoon
Shanghai
Fuochu
Taku
C. W. Price
Florence
E. R. Atwater
D. H. Clapp
George L. Williams
TI. W. Davis
Rowena Bird
Mary L. Partridge
Fowler
Chefoo
Pao Ting Fu
Li Hung Chang
Rockhill
Northwest report notes quiet routes amid limited disturbances
Across the northwest region traffic remains calm with only four provinces showing signs of disturbance. Officials report no major incidents and urges continued vigilance.
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Northwest
Chicago labor troubles resume with 3000 carpenters strike
In Chicago on September 3, 3000 carpenters quit work after resuming hostilities with contractors. They demand a Saturday half holiday, which contractors refuse except in summer. The labor dispute returns to disruption of construction and schedules.
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Chicago
Society women run Sioux City cars for organ fund
Society women of the city operate the traction company's street car lines to raise receipts for a pipe organ. The funds will go to Morning Star college for its new $80,000 hall, which will be dedicated on Monday.
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Society
Sioux City
Iews
Traction Company
Morning Star College
Monitor Wyoming Launched From Coast Defense Yard
San Francisco reports the coast defense monitor Wyoming was successfully launched this morning.
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Wyoming
San Francisco
Coast Defense
Capital Punishment Favored In Colorado Murders
Denver scene stirs a push for reinstating the hanging law after a spate of murders and assaults. Advocates argue harsher penalties deter crime, citing 136 homicides since 1898 and 153 assaults to kill. Police report rising crime since abolition. Weather note and varied brief items follow from Mile High era.
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Colorado
Denver
Lil Bell
Baltimore Returns With Watson Commanded Cruiser
New York reports the cruiser Baltimore under Rear Admiral Watson arriving from Yokohama. The vessel, second to the Olympia in Manila Bay, has circled the globe, served in Havana, and led a flotilla during demonstrations off Spain before Watson was reassigned and Remey took over in China.
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New York
Baltimore
Watson
Yokohama
Dewey
Olym
Pia
Manila Bay
Pacific Coast
Asiatic
Spain
Olympia
Globe
Havana Harbor
Cervera
Manila
Atlantic
Admsiral Remey
China
State printing bids rejected and injunctive fights arise
In Springfield Illinois bids for state printing were rejected and readvertised after bidder Ed Hartman withdrew his low bid claiming an error. In Canton Illinois Judge Hemenover granted a permanent injunction against the local Typographical Union. A large crow hunt is planned near Rockford Illinois. An auditor considers a stockholder assessment to avert Lemont State Bank’s assignment. The oldest Methodist preacher Lorenzo Waugh has died in Williams California at 92. American coal truck orders to be placed in Cape Town with faster delivery from U S firms.
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Springfield
Als
Earla County
Board of Review
Cook County
State Board of Equalization
Cook County Board of Review
Cook Conny] Board of Review
Sangamon
Pno
Bari Springfield
Ill
State Board of Contracts
Ed Hartman
Hartman & Co
Canton, Ills
W. H. Hemenover
Typographical Union
C. E. Suiveley
Suiveley
Ooker
Indianapolis
International Typographical Union
Canton
M. B. Palmer
Ills
McCullough
Lemont State State Bank
Williams
Cal
Lorenzo Wandh
Lorenzo Waugh
Greenbrier River
West Virginia
Pocahontas County
John
Cape Town
Cleveland Declines Hague Arbitration Post
Washington Sept. Ex-President Grover Cleveland has declined the appointment by President McKinley as member of the international board of arbitration under the Hague treaty. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison has accepted the appointment.
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Washington
Sept
Grover Cleveland
McKinley
International Board of Arbitration
Benjamin Harrison
Ohio Republicans Open Presidential Campaign in Youngstown Parade
In Youngstown the Ohio Republicans opened the presidential campaign with a large parade and a rally attended by about 20,000 people from Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Gov Nash presided and introduced Senator Foraker who framed the choice as sustaining or repudiating the McKinley administration. The event, noted by General Manager Mark, Mark A. Hanlon, and Col, continued on the third page.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mark
Western
Pennsylvania
Gov. Nash
Senator Foraker
McKinley
Chauncey M. Depen
Mark A. Hanlor
Col
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Fifth Avenue Savings and Loan Association
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